Bill of Hare
| Bill of Hare | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | Robert McKimson |
| Story by | John Dunn |
| Produced by | David H. DePatie (uncredited) |
| Starring | Mel Blanc |
| Music by | Milt Franklyn |
| Animation by | Ted Bonnicksen Warren Batchelder George Grandpré |
| Layouts by | Robert Gribbroek |
| Backgrounds by | Robert Gribbroek |
| Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
Release date | June 9, 1962[1] |
Running time | 6:25[1] |
| Language | English |
Bill of Hare is a 1962 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Robert McKimson.[2] The short was released on June 9, 1962, and stars Bugs Bunny and the Tasmanian Devil.[3]
Plot[edit]
The cartoon opens in a seaside town where a crate is being unloaded from a cargo ship, belonging to the Snodgrass Scientific Expedition. The net holding the crate breaks, releasing the Tasmanian Devil. Taz comes on shore and smells food being cooked. He sees Bugs Bunny under the pier trying to cook a meal in a kettle. Taz throws Bugs into the pot, but Bugs tricks him into switching places. Bugs puts the pot inside a cannon and fires it like a cannonball into the ocean.
Bugs is next seen using a rotisserie to roast carrots over an open fire. Taz ties Bugs to the rotisserie until it is revealed that he is really turning a crank of a truck engine. Taz is run over by the truck and Bugs escapes once again.
Bugs convinces Taz that his only food source is a moose. They go to a train tunnel, which Bugs is passing off as a moose cave. In trying to catch a moose, Taz gets run over twice by trains and once by Bugs, riding a moose.
Taz corners Bugs again but Bugs tricks Taz by assuming a disguise as a waiter in a restaurant and feeding him a skewer with three lit dynamite sticks. The dynamite blows up in Taz's stomach, and Taz chases Bugs, ending with Taz trapped in a cage at the city zoo.
Crew[edit]
- Story: John Dunn
- Animators: Warren Batchelder, Keith Darling, Ted Bonnicksen, George Grandpre'
- Layout and background artist: Robert Gribbroek
- Editor: Treg Brown
- Voices: Mel Blanc[4]
- Music: Milt Franklyn
- Producer: David H. DePatie[1]
- Director: Robert McKimson
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Bill of Hare (1962): Main". The Big Cartoon DataBase. 5 September 2021.[dead link]
- ^ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 337. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
- ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 60–62. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ "Bill of Hare (1962): Cast". IMDb. 5 September 2021.
External links[edit]
- Bill of Hare at IMDb
- 1962 films
- 1962 animated films
- 1962 short films
- Merrie Melodies short films
- Warner Bros. Cartoons animated short films
- Films directed by Robert McKimson
- Films scored by Milt Franklyn
- Bugs Bunny films
- Tasmanian Devil (Looney Tunes) films
- 1960s Warner Bros. animated short films
- 1960s English-language films
- Films with screenplays by John Dunn (animator)
- Films produced by David H. DePatie